Albuquerque NM – Attorney Steve Aarons of Santa Fe hit the ground running in the Victoria Martens case. Entering his appearance on behalf of defendant Fabian Gonzales on Tuesday afternoon, Aarons immediately filed a motion to dismiss the last serious felony against his client, child abuse resulting in death. Victoria was murdered in on August…
Tierra Amarilla – The criminal charges against Gary Valencia of Taos may have come to an end. He was charged in Taos County with construction fraud and back taxes stemming from a vacation home built in Chama in 2013. Judge McElroy dismissed the case in July 2017 because venue should have been in Rio Arriba….
Originally published August 10, 2018 at 6:38 pm Updated August 10, 2018 at 10:03 pm By Lewis Kamb lkamb@seattletimes.com @lewiskamb Seattle Times staff reporter Redwolf Pope, 41, was charged Friday in King County Superior Court with two counts of second-degree rape of a yet-to-be-identified woman and a 33-year-old woman in 2016 and 2017. A purported…
A Native American activist has disputed accusations that he sexually assaulted unconscious women
DA decries light sentence for ex-deputy in molestation case By Justin Horwath | The New Mexican Jan 3, 2018 Updated Jan 4, 2018 (…) Dustin Bingham is pictured in May in District Court. Luis Sánchez Saturno/New Mexican file photo Two teenage girls who were sexually molested by Dustin Bingham, an extended family member and former…
Taos NM – Deputy Eighth Judicial District Attorney announced that all charges against Frankie Giron are being dismissed. A three-day jury trial had been scheduled later this month on criminal sexual penetration charges. Santa Fe defense attorney Steve Aarons explained that his client had told police when he was arrested that the woman had consented…
After a four day trial in Taos before Judge Emilio J. Chavez, David Lewis was convicted of all four counts of criminal sexual penetration (CSP) of a minor. He was remanded into custody for a 60-day evaluation before his sentence in January 2018. He will receive a minimum of eighteen years in prison with the…
United States v. Manuel Pavón-Rodríguez United States District Court – District of New Mexico – Case No. 2:17-cr-01923-JB-2 After a four day trial in Las Cruces Federal Court before Judge Robert Brack, a 12-person jury returned with four “not guilty” verdicts as to Manuel Pavón-Rodríguez. His attorney, Stephen D Aarons, explained that Mr. Pavón-Rodríguez…
Mr. Aarons is an excellent attorney. We ran into a situation where we were in need of a top defense lawyer. Our entire life was turned upside down when my husband was wrongfully accused of a crime that had him facing over 87 years in prison. Mr. Aarons was prompt in getting us in for…
By Phaedra Haywood | The New Mexican Two men who were held at gunpoint during a robbery of their medical cannabis production plant in 2013 broke down Monday while describing the ordeal during a jury trial of one of the defendants. “He put the gun to my head and and said, ‘stay calm,’ ” said…
